CLINIC FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES – SKOPJE

R.MACEDONIA

Prof.d-r Zvonko Milenkovic

CLINIC FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• TEACHING HOSPITAL AND HEALTH-SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER – AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN SKOPJE

• WITH 35 SPECIALISTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES – OUT OF TOTALLY 110 INFECTOLOGISTS IN THE COUNTRY - DISTRIBUTED IN 16 LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS, CID REPRESENT LEADING INSTITUTION IN R.MACEDONIA INVOLVED IN CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION OF THIS MEDICAL DOCTOR PROFIL IN THE COUNTRY

CLINIC FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• WORKING UP TO THE NATIONAL STRATEGY IN

ACCORDANCE WITH COCHREN COLLABORATION LIBRARY EVIDENCE-BASED-MEDICINE PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED IN DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• INVOLVED AS LEADING INSTITUTION IN NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS CONTROL PROJECT – PROGRAM IN THE UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER IN SKOPJE, AS WELL

STRUCTURE• 10 DEPARTMENS FOR INPTS - WITH CAPACITY OF

130 pts BEDS IN 90 pts ROOMS, HALF OF THEM IN ONE BED ROOMS – FOR RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECT., GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS, PROLONGED FEBRILE CONDITIONS AND FEBRILE DISEASES WITH UNKNOWN ORIGIN, HEPATITIS, AIDS, INFECTIONS IN OTHER IMMUNODEFICIENT pts, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS, URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, URGENT INFECTOLOGY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

• AMBULATORY-POLYCLINIC DPT• DAILY HOSPITAL FOR OUTPTS – FOR SHORT DAILY

TREATMENT OF FEW HOURS

STRUCTURE• DISTINCT INSULATOR DPT – SPECIALY ISOLATORY

MODERN EQUIPPED DPT, WITH SEPARATE ACCESS FOR HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THAT IN SPECIAL SITUATION, IN CASE OF NEED COULD BE BLOCCKED COMPLETELY – AND ISOLATED FROM OTHER PARTS OF BUILDING (INSTITUTION)

• REFERRAL SERVICE – FOR HIV+ pts, HEPATITIS C, B, …

• MODERN BIOCHEMICAL-IMMUNOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY

STRUCTURE• ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION • MODERN POWERFUL RESEARCH

COMPUTING CENTER

Let me show you few imagesof the Clinic for Infectious

Diseases – Skopje

… from outside

… few imagesof the Clinic for Infectious

Diseases – Skopje

… from inside

Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje

… Intensive Care Unit

Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje

… computing research center

Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje

… biochemical, immunological and molecular biological

laboratory department

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING

• NOT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EPISOUTH COUNTRIES PRESENTERS BEFORE HEREIN

• TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN MANDATORY REPORTING, DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT

• TO FIND WAYS FOR BETTER EXCHANGE INFORMATIONS AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING

• TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM INSTITUTIONS IN EPISOUTH COUNTRIES SHAREING SIMILAR MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN PART OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, AND IMPROVE MUTUAL COMMUNICATIONS

• TO FOSTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING

• PROMOTE NEED TO IMPROVE NATIONAL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS, AS A FIRST STEP FOR …

• CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUTUAL COLLABORATION

• IMPROVE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE AT REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING

• TO CREATE NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION

• TO CREATE WEB-SITE AND AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN FOR THE NEEDS OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, WITH LINKS TO ALREADY EXISTING RELEVANT WEB-SITES FOR DATA SHAREING WITHOUT OVERLAPING

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING

• TO PROMOTE ORGANISING SHORT-TERM TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS

• TO STRENGHT THE EARLY RESPONSE CAPACITY OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES TO HEALTH THREATS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPREAD